Analysis Quote by James Tobin

I was an economics major, which I enjoyed because I had a good business sense.

— Herb Ritts

Economics in college was very poor; I was not very impressed with it. I actually wanted to study statistics. I discovered mathematical statistics as…

— Kenneth Arrow

I studied economics and thought I wanted to play with the stock market - my dad was a financial adviser - and I was…

— Jimmy O. Yang

In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, with interests that range from mathematical economics down…

— Paul Samuelson

I got into economics because I wanted to make things better for the average person.

— Ben Bernanke

Economics comes easily to me, and we all seek out what we do well in life. I had in mind becoming a businessman. And…

— Merlin Olsen

My interest in economics just basically comes because I think I'm a curious person, and I'm interested in how the world works.

— Kane

I picked economics at the end of my undergraduate time because it seemed to be a really nice combination of theory, including mathematical theory…

— Michael Spence

My mother was an economics professor. I'm proficient in math, and statistics, game theory, symbolic logic and all of that.

— Dave Hickey

I had never taken any economics. I literally didn't know what it was. I thought it was just about the study of money.

— David Autor

Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.

— Herb Ritts

I was a business major in college, so I knew economics.

— Mike Holmgren